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Delve into automating chats, managing channels, and creating interactive messages with Slack's API. Discover file management and build custom integrations using Slack's Bolt for Python framework.

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Slack is a flexible instant messaging platform for organizations. It allows you to connect with your colleagues, share documents, and organize teams. It also allows teams to collaborate with images, videos, voice messages, and huddles across teams, time zones, and physical spaces. Slack’s API has allowed it to become a highly integrated productivity tool.

In this course, you’ll become efficient at automating chats, managing channels, and making interactive messages using the API. Learn how to share and manage files on Slack using the API. At the end of the course, you’ll use Slack’s Bolt for Python framework for building a small, custom application and integrating with Slack directly.

Automations with the Slack API in Python

# Overview

We can use the Slack application to automate a daily message to a channel or send a joke to a colleague. We use Slack’s Chat API for this.

Let’s look at the following endpoints in this lesson:

1. `chat.meMessage`: This endpoint sends an italicized action text message to a channel.
2. `chat.postMessage`: This endpoint sends a message to a channel.
3. `chat.scheduleMessage`: This endpoint schedules a message to be sent to a channel in the future.



# Send a "me" message
We'll start with the most straightforward endpoint first—the `https://slack.com/api/chat.meMessage` endpoint. This endpoint allows us to send an italicized #key# "me" message: A me message is a type of message used to indicate action. #key# to a specific channel. This endpoint is relatively straightforward and has no optional arguments. 

Some important query parameters for the `chat.meMessage` endpoint are the following:


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Now that we've run the code widget below, we'll see the "Hello World!" text in the channel where we added the application. The text will be in italics, indicating a "me" message.

Learn to use Slack API calls to send messages.

Parameter	Type	Category	Description
`token`	token	Required	Authentication tokens carry the required scopes that govern the usage of different Slack applications and APIs. We usually pass these as an HTTP Authorization header or as a POST parameter.
`channel`	string	Required	This parameter specifies the channel to which the message will be posted. It can be a public channel, a private group, or an IM channel (direct message). The value for this parameter can either be an encoded ID or a name of a channel.
`text`	string	Required	Text of the message to be sent.

Introduction

Chat Using the Application

Conversations Using an App

File Management

Users

Manage Reactions

Slack's Bolt Framework

Conclusion

Send Messages

Overview

Send a “me” message